HC Deb 09 February 1842 vol 60 c200

New Member. Sir Howard Douglas, for Liverpool.

Members appointed to serve by Mr. Speaker's warrant on the General Committee of Elections:—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Viscount Sandon, J. Loch, Esq., J. W. Patten, Esq., and Sir William Somerville.

Bills. 1° Railways; Loan Societies Acts Continuance.

Petitions presented. By Mr. Prothero, Mr. G. Wood, Mr. Houldsworth, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Divett, Sir J. Easthope, Mr. Hutt, and a great number of other hon. Members, from a vast number of places, for the Total Repeal of the Corn-laws; and from Sunderland, against Repeal.—By Mr. Lowther, from Whitby, Hudersfield, and York, for a duty on Confectionary imported from the Channel Islands.—By Mr. Hutt, from Hull, for a Revision of the Import Duties.—By an hon. Member, from Dungannon, for a Revision of the Marriage Law (Ireland).—By Mr. Villiers, from the Guardians of the Poor of West Bromwich, for measures to promote Employment.—From Debtors in Queen's Bench, for Amendment of Law of Debtor and Creditor.